Strategic / Lead Project Leader to GBS Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a varied portfolio of strategic and high-profile programs and projects in a time-sensitive and fast paced environment.
• Support portfolio management work which includes running monthly steercos, supporting overall allocation of funding, following up on costs, deliverables, benefits, and reporting status.
• Enable transparency and cooperation between portfolios.
• Work together with the project teams to ensure the projects are well-run and set up for successful implementation.
• Support, give guidance and challenge where best practices are not evident.
• Help identify project / program bottlenecks and proactively contribute to and monitor resolution.
• Lead the journey of fostering a data-driven culture throughout Nordea.

The role can be based in Helsinki.

Qualification & Requirements

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Have an eye for supporting programs/projects where needed for them to deliver successfully and are able to strike the balance of encouraging, challenging, and identifying hurdles, and take actions where it might be needed.
• Have a solid toolbox within program/project management and strong business understanding combined with a focus on execution of the right priorities and delivering desired effects.
• Have demonstrated the ability to do deep-dives combined with making overall conclusions and recommendation for a project – using your creative thinking, curiosity through asking and showing a true passion for development and improvement.
• Have excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, being able to navigate and collaborate with all stakeholders at different levels, and influence outcomes.
• Have strong communications skills that you use to set direction and clear expectations and secure follow-up and concise reporting.

Your experience and background:

• Several years of experience in a similar role, preferably form the financial/banking industry.
• Vast experience in portfolio management, strategic roadmap development, and program/project management.
• A proven track record of delivering results and the ability engage and mobilize a range of stakeholders.

Benefits

No information available.